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False Advertising and Football: Jets and Giants Accused of Marketing Violations - Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

False Advertising and Football: Jets and Giants Accused of Marketing Violations

On January 3, 2022, a football fan filed a class action lawsuit against the “New York” Jets and Giants for alleged marketing violations. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the two professional football organizations engaged in false advertising and deceptive marketing practices by continuing to employ “New York” in their teams’ name when, in fact, the […]

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Eighth Circuit: Non-Commercial Copyright Use Preempts Right of Publicity

February 1, 2016 Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a Minnesota federal district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor the National Football League (the “League” or “NFL”) regarding the rights of publicity of former NFL players with respect to certain League film projects. How far-reaching are the implications

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